Asana vs Monday.com Comparison
Compare Asana vs Monday.com features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Asana
6.9/10
Work management platform for teams to plan projects, assign tasks, automate workflows, and track goals and portfolios, with AI agents on paid plans.
monday CRM
7.4/10
Sales CRM built on the monday.com work platform, with pipeline, lead and contact boards, email tracking, sequences and AI sales agents, for small and mid-sized sales teams.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6.9/10 | 7.4/10 |
| Scalability | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Cost | 4/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $13/user/mo Starter | $18/user/mo Basic |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $135/mo Starter | $180/mo Basic |
| Features | ||
| Scheduling | Not listed | |
| Client collaboration | Not listed | |
| App integrations | Not listed | |
| Task lists | Not listed | |
| Gantt charts | Not listed | |
| Timeline view | Not listed | |
| Task management | Not listed | |
| Time tracking | Not listed | |
| Workflow automation | Not listed | |
| Dashboards | Not listed | |
| Kanban boards | Not listed | |
| Collaboration tools | Not listed | |
| Reporting | Not listed | |
| Goals and OKRs | Not listed | |
| Marketing Automation | Not listed | |
| Collaboration | Not listed | |
| Lead Management | Not listed | |
| Integrations | Not listed | |
| Sales Automation | Not listed | |
| Opportunity Management | Not listed | |
| Contact Management | Not listed | |
| Reporting & Analytics | Not listed | |
| Mobile Access | Not listed | |
Asana vs monday CRM cost by team size
Asana costs less from 5 users.
| Team size | Asana | monday CRM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreePersonal | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | $67/moStarter | $90/moBasic |
| 10 users | $135/moStarter | $180/moBasic |
| 25 users | $337/moStarter | $450/moBasic |
| 50 users | $675/moStarter | $900/moBasic |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Asana
- Has a free plan (monday CRM does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $135/mo vs $180/mo
- Higher Scalability score (8/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for freelancers (5/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 6/10)
Why choose monday CRM
- Higher Cost score (6/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for sales teams (8/10 vs 4/10)
Pros & Cons
Asana
Pros
- Starter includes unlimited automations, forms, and timeline views, which covers most team project needs without upgrading to Advanced.
- Unlimited free guests on paid plans let teams bring in clients and contractors without buying extra seats.
- Advanced connects to Salesforce, Tableau, and Power BI, so project data can feed existing reporting tools.
- Enterprise+ offers data residency, SIEM integration, and audit logs for regulated organisations.
- Reviews are consistently high, with Capterra showing 4.5 from more than 13,000 reviews.
Cons
- The free Personal plan now allows only 2 users, so most teams have to pay from the start.
- Portfolios, goals, and time tracking are only on Advanced, which costs more than double the Starter price.
- Seats are sold in blocks of 5, 10, 25, or 50 as teams grow, and AWS Marketplace reviewers have criticized these rigid user blocks.
- AI usage beyond the included allowances is billed per request, which makes costs harder to predict.
- A critical Gartner review from 2026 cited high enterprise pricing and limited workflow customization.
monday CRM
Pros
- Uses the same flexible board model as monday work management, so teams already on monday.com can link sales pipelines to project delivery.
- Built-in AI agents score and enrich leads, flag stalled deals and summarize calls without a separate tool.
- Gmail and Outlook sync fills CRM fields from emails automatically, which cuts manual data entry for reps.
- Strong review scores of about 4.6 on G2 and 4.7 on Capterra, according to third-party summaries.
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and bucketed seats mean small teams pay for seats they do not use, and there is no free plan.
- Basic is very restricted, with one dashboard, 1,000 contacts and five columns per board, which pushes most teams to Standard or Pro.
- G2 reviewers often say it lacks features found in dedicated sales CRMs, especially native calling, texting and template automation.
- Email sequences and mass emails are reserved for Pro, and monthly billing costs much more than annual billing (41 versus 28 USD per seat on Pro).
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Asana costs less for 10 users: about $135/mo on its Starter plan, against about $180/mo on its Basic plan for monday CRM, billed monthly.
Asana has a free plan; monday CRM does not list one.
Monday CRM is the better fit for sales teams: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 4/10 for Asana.
